Does this sign refer to “to let” house signs?

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Paulstan67@reddit

It's an unenforceable council scheme, a usual waste of taxpayer's cash. Allegedly to let signs encourage thefts because it advertises where students live.

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Tim-Sanchez@reddit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-33222161

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thats.... weird. Advertises where students live? you know what also does that! google -> student accomodation [town] big sign saying "no to let signs here" indicating a massive problem with to let signs -> bbc news article saying because it advertises where the students are, its banned.

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Nervous-Economy8119@reddit

In Liverpool the student houses get robbed a lot in September as they’re thought of by thieves as rich kids with nice computers and TV’s that can’t stick up for themselves.

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This-Yoghurt-1771@reddit

A friend went to uni in Liverpool. Got accommodation on the edge of Toxteth. He was a devil may care kinda guy. First night he went and had a few pints in the local where (apparently) students were not welcome. Within the first couple of weeks his place was robbed. He went to the pub that night, complained he'd been robbed. Few days later his stuff reappeared.

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AnOtherGuy1234567@reddit

Reminds me of a traveler site near Leighton Buzzard. As soon as the site opened up, the thefts of farm equipment and stuff in the area went through the roof. But if you talked to the guy who was really in charge of the site. You'd get your stuff back within 24 hours. People would stay awake all night looking out of the windows, watching the CCTV etc. But nobody ever saw them putting the stuff back.

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Asleep-Solid4103@reddit

LEIGHTON BUZZARD MENTIONED!! yeh the travelers are weirdly civilised if you get chummy with them, its quite funny

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AnOtherGuy1234567@reddit

It used to be just the one guy, who would organise to get your stuff back. He was a flipping brick shit house, who could leg press about a ton (seriously). The last I heard of him though, was in the early 2010s. When he'd been sentenced to about 8 years for a really serious GBH. Basically he grabbed a guy's hair and basically scalped him.

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Asleep-Solid4103@reddit

oh thats peak, let himself down slightly there

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cgknight1@reddit

This is decades ago but I love telling this story. Shared a student house with two other fellas. No TV License - get endless letters, TV in front room. Get up one day and my dopy house mate lets in the TV License people - we are fucked. They go in the front room and...there is no TV... just dust around where the base was. TV licensing leave, we congratulate each other on whoever hide the TV. Nobody had hide the TV but we forgot to lock the back door and it got robbed over night 😂

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mkaibear@reddit

That's a classic "good news...bad news" situation 🤣

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ScreamingDizzBuster@reddit

My TV is pretty vulnerable too. You've convinced me to send it to self-defence classes.

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BrianTheAlien@reddit

Whenever they fight they hardly move, too static

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hullk78@reddit

Well played sir!

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Jestar342@reddit

And absent for prolonged periods of time during summer and/or winter, so defense isn't event a concern.

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No_Preference9093@reddit

Yeah but ordinary people live there too, and if you remove the to let signs it’s harder to target certain houses because now you don’t know which ones will be empty at certain times. For example at Christmas, the house could be full of a family or an empty student house. With a to let sign up you know it’s an empty student house. With a to let sign up, in September you know a bunch of students with brand new Mac’s have just moved in. Etc.

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mralistair@reddit

these adverts online don't give the house number. And also people leave these signs up for the whole year.

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libdemparamilitarywi@reddit

The adverts usually have a big picture of the front of the house with the house number visible. And a link to the Google map street view showing exactly where it is. I've always thought it a bit pointless when estate agents don't list the house number, as it's so trivial to work it out.

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Sleepywalker69@reddit

They should be "for sale" signs instead

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EugeneHartke@reddit

Saved you a click >A pilot scheme to ban To Let signs in part of Liverpool has begun amid concerns about crime and community safety. >People in the Smithdown Road area say the situation has become "crazy" with boards on almost every other house. >They are worried the signs advertise where students live, which leads to crime, and gives the impression no-one wants to live there.

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Negative_Innovation@reddit

That must be the tidiest student street I’ve ever seen.

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rileyvace@reddit

But now thieves have that sign to know where to rob lol?

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disappointingcryptid@reddit

Oh no!! Unsightly to let boards!!

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sammy_zammy@reddit

That’s literally not what the article is about though.

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Plus_Sherbet460@reddit

Get yourself a Sharpie and draw an "I" in the middle

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sherlock0707@reddit

It's missing an "i" in the middle.

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NightBusLurker@reddit

Please someone put an 'i' in there

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Visible-Management63@reddit

I've always said that if I were somehow omnipotent, it would be a really funny prank to do that to every single sign in the world!

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85NH@reddit

No idea why and I’ve never seen one myself before but that area is mainly places that are let out instead of for sale so it is strange to see such a sign. Just had a quick Google and there was a pilot scheme in 2015. “The scheme was prompted by concerns from local residents and councillors who said numerous boards were having a detrimental impact on the neighbourhood’s housing market.” Liverpool Echo.

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Friendly_Fennel9577@reddit

Yeah, it’s about those “To Let” signs for rentals, some areas were getting absolutely plastered with them, making neighbourhoods look a bit rundown or transient. So councils started banning them in certain zones to keep the place looking tidier. Basically, visual vibes over property ads.

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ramakitty@reddit

Ahh yes, just hide the fact everyone is moving out.

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BuildingArmor@reddit

It's a student area, they all move out at the same time like clockwork

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

They have always been a problem in my street, you can’t easily see it hanging over the path in the dark

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Mr_Miyagis_Chamois@reddit

Nah, the 'i' fell off

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ukbot-nicolabot@reddit

A top level comment (one that is not a reply) should be a good faith and genuine attempt to answer the question

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meinnit99900@reddit

my friend’s dad doesn’t speak much English and when he was visiting he was really impressed by how many public toilets there are here, turns out he was reading to let as toilet lmao

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Hot_Lie5935@reddit

6 year old me used to think the same thing so he’s not alone!

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yorkspirate@reddit

41yr old me still giggles about how funny it would be to go round with a black marker and writing an I in the middle

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Ginger_Tea@reddit

Tipex the e out of Bateman street or leave enough for the hyphen.

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Dum-DumDM@reddit

Still funny and I'm a decade older. There's a single track road in (I think Grindleford forest) with passing points every couple of hundred yards and some absolute legend has changed every sign for about a 3 mile stretch to pissing place. Couldn't drive after only about half mile for the tears in my eyes!

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DannyCookeVids@reddit

37 year old me giggles about how many times I have used electrical tape to add an I 😉

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infinitedadness@reddit

11 year old me thought me and my mates were going to get a call from the rozzers after we crept up to a neighbours house and drew a shaley I in marker on their sign.

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verminV@reddit

Dont tell me ive been breaking into random people houses and shitting in them all this time?

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WalkerTalkerChalker@reddit

Pmsl

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Cwlcymro@reddit

My sister when she was younger asked my parents why they bothered putting a For Sale sign up because the sign also said if was Too Late

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United-Climate1562@reddit

I'm dyslexic and I was taken into London to see my dad at work... Was very frustrating to see these 'to let' signs when bursting for a wee... My mum just kept on walking lol

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Electrical-Park-3685@reddit

I'm 54 now and I still write in the i on to let signs with a marker... Lol

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Annual-Cookie1866@reddit

People questioning this obviously don’t live in but student towns

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deathofashade@reddit

Brilliant. More of this please.

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Intelligent_Prize_12@reddit

There are streets in Stoke around the student areas where seasonally the entire street is covered in to let signs. It looks a mess and if I lived there I would agree on their prohibition.

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Plumb121@reddit

Post 'For Rent' instead?

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Kyber92@reddit

If it does that's very weird, it's giving American HOA vibes. I wonder if it's enforceable.

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charlotteypants@reddit

It’ll be a council thing. They’ll send someone round every so often to make sure it’s being followed and fine anyone breaking it. Thing is, burglars often have mobile phones and can access Rightmove just like the rest of us. It’s amazing that For Sale / To Let signs aren’t dying out really.

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Smathatic@reddit

That’s the trick - ‘To Let’ and ‘For Sale’ signs aren’t advertising the property. They’re advertising the agency so that other landlords/sellers have the perception that that agency does lots of business in the area, therefore they should let/sell with that agent.

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Janjannaj@reddit

Alternatively, the agent is so bad that they have places on the market for ages, so avoid if you want to actually sell or let your place.

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charlotteypants@reddit

By god, the geniuses.

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jamogram@reddit

Maybe it's just my area, but when I put up a for sale sign, a surprising number of people actually knocked on my door and asked about it! I don't know if any of those enquiries went anywhere or if this was indeed people scoping me out, but they definitely do get noticed.

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Original_Bad_3416@reddit

Please don’t talk councils, KCC is nonexistent and yet we still have to pay.

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charlotteypants@reddit

I also remember watching a programme about the town of Celebration, Florida and the many many many rules you had to follow if you lived there… f that.

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kurai-samurai@reddit

Why is it a road sign? What's it got to do with Highways?

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Amelia_Whiteney@reddit

Is good

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JimBowen0306@reddit

Not to sound too much like a dumbass, but hows about some policing?

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lissongreen@reddit

It's quite common for councils to ban estate agents boards, they just don't normally advertise it like this.

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bantasaurusrexx@reddit

"FOR RENT" sign. Done.🤙

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HipHopAllotment@reddit

How does that still spell ‘To Let’ - this is Britain…!!!

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Usual-Ebb9752@reddit

Tbh the To Let signs in studentish areas can be awful. Old signs don't get taken town etc

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GeneralTubz@reddit

So I work in planning and the Council can implement a Regulation restricting the use of To Let signs as a form of advertising. This is often used in student areas where most of the properties are To Let and always advertising To Let.

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